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Applied Soil Physics
Soil Water and Temperature Applications
Av R.J. Hanks
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
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This second edition was undertaken to update information which has become available since the first edition and to convert completely to the SI system. The main objective of this book is to stress application of soil physics principles to real problems. The problems are heavily oriented toward the …
Population Genetics:
Basic Principles
Häftad, 1987
1098 kr
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I have for a number of years taught a course in population genetics for students interested in plant and animal breeding. The objective of the course has been to lay a foundation in population genetics for the concepts of quantitative genetics which are introduced in the last third of the course. I …
Land Use in Advancing Agriculture
Av A.P.A. Vink
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences is designed to ftll a long-felt need for advanced educational and technological books in the agricultural sciences. These texts, intended primarily for students of agriculture, should also provide up-to-date technical background reading for the many …
Plant Pathogenesis
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences is designed to fill a long-felt need for advanced educational and technological books in the agricultural sciences. These texts, intended primarily for students of agriculture, should also provide up-to-date technical background reading for the many …
Plant Pathosystems
Häftad, 2012
1131 kr
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One of the points clearly stressed in the beginning of this book is that the essential feature of any dynamic system is change and that, where there is change, there may also be growth and evolution. Plant breeding and plant protection have grown and evolved considerably during the past century; …
Biological Insect Pest Suppression
Av H. C. Coppel, J. W. Mertins
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The subject area embraced by the term "biological control" in its classical sense is very broad indeed. The term itself was apparently first used in 1919 by the late Harry S. Smith, and was then used specifically in reference to the suppression of insect populations by the actions of their …
Greenhouse Management
Av J.J. Hanan, W.D. Holley m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The change in greenhouse operation and technology in the last 20 years has been unprecedented. Photoperiodic control, mist propagation, green house cooling, clean stock programs, CO injection, to name a few, have 2 all been inaugurated as regular greenhouse practices in this time. The introduction …
Genetic and Molecular Basis of Plant Pathogenesis
Häftad, 2011
1643 kr
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As befits a volume in the Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences, this book was written with problems of practical agriculture in mind. One of the ways of controlling plant disease is by using resistant cultivars; and from the wide literature of genetics and biochemistry in plant pathology I have …
Feeding Beef Cattle
Häftad, 2011
1131 kr
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The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with some basic information applicable to cattle feeding. It is intended to adapt some of the basic principles of nutrition in applied form. During the past few decades there have been various changes in type and form of feeds available for …
Cultural Practices and Infectious Crop Diseases
Av Josef Palti
Häftad, 2011
1534 kr
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The development of a crop, and therefore its health, is always the result of interplay between biological and environmental factors, as influenced by human agency. In other words, crop health is a highly complex affair. This book is concerned with only one group of agents affecting crop health, the …
Saline and Sodic Soils
Principles-Dynamics-Modeling
Av E. Bresler, B. L. McNeal m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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In keeping with the spirit of an Advanced Series in the Agricultural Sciences, we have attempted to address herein most of the current research areas being used to characterize, describe and manage salt-affected soils. Because of a certain amount of personal bias inherent in our individual …
Fertilization of Dryland and Irrigated Soils
Häftad, 2011
1534 kr
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Much has been learned about the proper and judicious use of fertilizers. Fertilizer application by farmers has grown from an art to a science. As food producers have strived to increase crop yields by overcoming nutrient deficiencies the use of fertil izers has increased dramatically. This has …
Theory of Feeding and Growth of Animals
Av John R Parks
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Geoffrey R. Dolby, PhD One of the principal characteristics of a scientific theory is that it be falsifiable. It must contain predictions about the real world which can be put to experimental test. Another very important characteristic of a good theory is that it should take full cognisance of the …
Agricultural Soil Mechanics
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Compared with forces occurring in soil mechanics problems in civil engineering, the forces that are applied to soil in farming operations generally have a short duration, less than a few seconds, a small loaded area, no more than a few square decimeters, and small intensities, 10 bar being a high …
Energy and Agriculture
Av G. Stanhill
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Energy and agriculture are both extremely broad subjects and their interactions - the subject of this book - cover almost the full spectrum of the agricultural sciences. Yet the subject is a relatively new one whose importance first received widespread recognition barely a decade ago, following the …
Rhizosphere
Av Elroy A. Curl, Bryan Truelove
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The Plant Root and the Rhizosphere was a major topical feature of the first International Symposium on Factors Determining the Behavior of Plant Pathogens in Soil held at the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. The symposium was edited by K. F. Baker and W. C. Snyder and published under the …
Irrigation with Treated Sewage Effluent
Management for Environmental Protection
Av Amos Feigin, Israela Ravina m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Properly treated sewage effluent becomes an alternative source of irrigation water, and at the same time it provides a convenient means of sewage disposal through land treatment to prevent potential health and environmental hazards caused by uncontrolled flow of wastewater. The objective of this …
Advances in Statistical Methods for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
Av Daniel Gianola, Keith Hammond
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Developments in statistics and computing as well as their application to genetic improvement of livestock gained momentum over the last 20 years. This text reviews and consolidates the statistical foundations of animal breeding. This text will prove useful as a reference source to animal breeders, …
Electromagnetic Radiations in Food Science
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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This book has been written for those whose interests bridge food processing and physicochemical aspects of radiation. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of publications concerning foods and radiations. Instead, it is an attempt to familiarize the reader with pertinent knowledge of a …
Water Flow and Solute Transport in Soils
Developments and Applications In Memoriam Eshel Bresler (1930–1991)
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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A year has passed since Eshel Bresler, my good friend and colleague, and a member of the editorial board of the Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences, died suddenly while on a visit to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. We had worked together for almost 30 years at the Institute of …
Production of Sugarcane
Theory and Practice
Häftad, 2011
1534 kr
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Presented here is a comprehensive account of boththeoretical and practical aspects of sugarcane production.The first of two parts of the book deals with origin,distribution, soil and climatic requirements, seed bedpreparation, cultural and nutrient requirements,fertilization, irrigation, ratooning, …
Management of Water Use in Agriculture
Av Kenneth K. Tanji, Bruno Yaron
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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As the world population increases, there is increasingcompetition for waterquantity as well as quality.Provided here is an up-to-date perspective on AvailableWater Resources (Part I), Water Conservation and TechnologyinAgricultural Systems (Part II), Problem Water Uses andTreatment (Part III),and …
Soilless Culture Management
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Hydroponics, the method of growing plants without soil, presents a feasible alternative to conventional farming in areas which are short on water supply and limited in agricultural soil.This book will serve as an indispensable guide for students in the agriculture sciences, for agriculture …
Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions
with an Emphasis on the Sahelian Countries
Av Henk Breman, Jan-Joost Kessler
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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This book provides a quantitative analysis of the role of woody plants in semi-arid regions, for the aSSessment of their benefits in agrosylvopastoralland-use systems with productive and sus tainability objectives. The insights presented and conclusions drawn allow the additional benefits of woody …
